On Sat, 6 Feb 2010, john ingrim wrote:
> Hi, Thanks to Brian and others for the invaluable help, the Toshiba
> NB200 is running almost the way I want it. Just two issues now..
>
> 1. the trackpad doesn't work. At all. It worked when I first
> installed OpenSolaris, until the instant I plugged in a USB (Sun
> 3-button) mouse. Now even rebooting doesn't make it work.
>
> 2. If I close the lid, the machine cannot be wakened up. Or more
> accurately, the screen can't, because I can still ssh into the
> laptop and reboot it.
>
> Can someone help with these? Thanks. :)
Interestingly enough, the latter problem is probably related to the
former.
The likely reason that your machine resumes, but there is nothing on
the screen, is because Xorg failed to fully restart. The two most
common reasons are related to the framebuffer and mouse/trackpad. To
find out which requires looking in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log (or
Xorg.0.log.old, if you rebooted) to see why it couldn't resume. If it
is related to the mouse or trackpad, then it is possible that
identifying what causes problem #1 may fix problem #2.
The other place to look for s/r issues is /var/adm/messages between
the "System is being suspended" and "System has been resumed" messages
(note that any _PRW messages are *not* interesting, so ignore them).
And as we have seen Xorg issues with some mice/trackpads, that it is
having problems, could not only cause usability issues with it, but
could cause s/r to fail as you have experienced. So mostly, I would
focus on that first.
Good luck, and feel free to ask questions about information you
find in the logfiles.
Cheers!
---- Randy
